Sundown with You

As a rookie for the Dallas Wings, Paige Bueckers was ready for pressure, competition, and a spotlight brighter than Texas sun. What she didn't expect was her-Magnolia "Maggie" Whitmore, a true country girl with dirt on her boots, a heart full of Southern grace, and a Nashville accent that could stop time.

Born in Tennessee, schooled in Kentucky, and rooted in the red dirt of Texas, Maggie runs her family's farm by day and barrels through rodeos on the weekends. She's also the childhood best friend of Wings coach Chris Knolches-and his secret weapon: the girl who babysits his wild nieces, makes the best peach cobbler this side of the Mississippi, and has every one of his players wrapped around her finger the minute she walks into the gym.

When Maggie shows up mid-practice in worn jeans and muddy boots to hand Coach Chris his forgotten clipboard, the Wings' starting five-Paige, DiJonai Carrington, Arike Ogunbowale, Maddy Siegrist, and NaLyssa Smith-turn into a bunch of starstruck troublemakers, all sighs and side-eyes over her honeyed drawl and easy smile. But it's Paige who can't stop watching.

What begins with teasing banter and stolen glances under golden skies slowly grows into something real-a connection rooted deeper than either of them expected. But with fame chasing Paige and responsibilities tethering Maggie to the land she loves, they'll have to figure out if love has a place when the lights go down.

Because some stories don't start in the city.
Some start at sundown.

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